{"product_id":"if-all-the-seas-were-ink-a-memoir-9781250215772","title":"If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**WINNER of the 2018 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the 2018 Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish literature**\u003cbr\u003e**2018 Natan Book Award Finalist** \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Women's Studies **\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Wall Street Journal: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThere is humor and heartbreak in these pages...Ms. Kurshan immerses herself in the demands of daily Talmud study and allows the words of ancient scholars to transform the patterns of her own life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Jewish Standard: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"Brilliant, beautifully written, sensitive, original. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Jerusalem Post: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eA beautiful and inspiring book. Both religious and secular readers will find themselves immensely moved by  Kurshan's] personal story.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Jewish World\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e \"So engrossing I hardly could put it down.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the age of twenty-seven, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a painful divorce, Ilana Kurshan joined the world's largest book club, learning \u003ci\u003edaf yomi\u003c\/i\u003e, Hebrew for daily page of the Talmud, a book of rabbinic teachings spanning about six hundred years. Her story is a tale of heartache and humor, of love and loss, of marriage and motherhood, and of learning to put one foot in front of the other by turning page after page. Kurshan takes us on a deeply accessible and personal guided tour of the Talmud. For people of the book--both Jewish and non-Jewish--\u003ci\u003eIf All the Seas Were Ink\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of learning, through literature, how to fall in love once again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4072272\"\u003eIlana Kurshan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250215772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250215773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL064000\"\u003eJudaism | Talmud\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS022000\"\u003eJewish | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIlana Kurshan\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of Harvard and Cambridge. She has worked in literary publishing both in New York and in Jerusalem, as a translator and foreign rights agent and as the books editor of \u003ci\u003eLilith\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTablet, Lilith, Hadassah, The Forward, Kveller, The World Jewish Digest, Nashim, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Week\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Jerusalem with her husband and four children. Ilana is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhy Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIf All The Seas Were Ink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832799002763,"sku":"9781250215772","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_86e602b1-9d67-41a3-a2cd-5dc20a66a9cf.jpg?v=1755623155","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/if-all-the-seas-were-ink-a-memoir-9781250215772","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}